Boy, I amaze myself sometimes. I was recently told my Internet was going to cut again (sorry guys ) but I was like, I have to give you guys something before it goes, and I somehow managed to finish this one before it left. I'd like to apologize for any mistakes before hand because I don't know when the internet might go so I only gave it a quick skim for anything major. Other than that , I hope you enjoy!

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Chapter 38

From the view of a satellite in space, dark clouds could be seen gathering around the tallest mountain of the Sinnoh Region. Mt Corenet.

A small purple crystalline object came racing toward the earth, leaving a star dust trail as it neared the Earth's magnetic pull. The small object came to a stop, allowing its physical body to materialize around it the crystalline.

Once its body was complete, it stared down at the Earth, at the dark clouds in particular.

"Yes, I made it in time!" It exclaimed before charging downward into the Earth's atmosphere.

Mt Corenet

Battle Dome

The arena was silent as everyone present looked up at Abyss Arceus who was descending down toward the battlefield. But the Abyss Legendary Pokemon came to a stop when it came into contact with the shield that had been set up by the Psychic type Pokemon for the battle. The shield only held out the Abyss Pokemon for a few seconds before it became visible in a dark purple, several cracks appearing before it shattered.

Down below the field, all of the Psychic Pokemon that had been casting the shield were on the ground, shaking violently. Their natural skin or fur color became a dark purple, and their pupils became a bright red, signifying that they had come into contact with Pokeosis. Just the contact between their energy and Abyss Arceus was enough to spread the disease. They were transforming into Abyss Pokemon.

Unfortunately, the maintenance crew was unaware of what was taking place with the Psychic type Pokemon since they were all far more concerned on what to do about Abyss Arceus. What options were there when it came to fight a Legendary Pokemon that had disappeared decades ago?

Abyss Arceus gave off its gargled roar which shook all of Mt Corenet as it landed on the field, staring at Blake in particular. His Crest was definitely responding to Abyss Arceus, but why?

"Stay away from Blake!" A feminine voice had shouted this. "Lugia!"

There was a large flash of blue light followed closely by a loud, violent roar. Blake could only stare in awe as a colossal silver skinned Pokemon came crashing into the Battle Dome, breaking through the mountain as it made its entrance. As it came down beside Abyss Arceus, it slapped the Abyss Pokemon with its left wing which knocked it into the stadium walls, creating a large dust cloud around itself.

Hundreds of lives disappeared under the body of Abyss Arceus as Lana and Grace landed on top of Lugia's head. This was a sign to the crowd that none of this was fake, it was all real. They began to scream and shout, people beginning to flood the hallways to try and escape seeing the imminent danger they were in.

"Grace, don't call out Ho-oh." Lana stated, seeing that her friend beside her had raised her Crest to level three to call out her Legendary partner.

"Hmm? Why not, we have to do something about this right now." Grace replied, giving Lana an incredulous look.

"I know exactly how I can stop Abyss Arceus right now. Calling out Ho-oh would only be a waste on your part once I'm finished." Lana replied. Grace detected a hint of sorrow in her voice, but she couldn't figure out what Lana had in mind.

"Alright Lana, whatever it is you're planning, I'm under your command." Grace said, giving her a comforting nod which Lana returned.

"I have a feeling there are other Crests here in the Battle Dome. Gather them and get them out of here." Lana began. "And take Blake too. He's your number one priority."

Grace gave Lana another nod, wondering if the girl could hand Abyss Arceus on her own. But what Lana was saying was right. Getting the other Crests out of here was of the utmost importance. A black orb burst out of the smoke, racing toward Lugia which hit the large Pokemon in the stomach, knocking it into the stadium wall behind it.

Both Lana and Grace were sent flying from the top of Lugia's head, crashing into the stands. Abyss Arceus burst out of the dust cloud it had created, moving toward Blake who was frozen in place. His eyes were wide, his breath was short and he had broken out in a cold sweat.

The terror filled screams of the fans told him that he wasn't dreaming. This was real. The lives of innocent people were disappearing left and right, and there was nothing he could do about it. Staring up at the Legendary Pokemon that was towering over him, Blake recognized it as something that could be the cause of his instantaneous death. He wasn't excited like he would be during a normal Pokemon battle.

Abyss Arceus gave another cry before it charged up a second dark orb which it proceeded to fire at Blake this time who couldn't defend himself from the attack. Even with his crash course back in Slateport City, Blake had never managed to use the Crest Beam successfully. And if he screwed up now, his life would be lost. So what did he have to lose?

Yet, Blake found himself to be completely paralyzed. His body refused to move even though he was desperately trying, but nothing was responding. Why was he frozen? It's not like he was scared? Was he?

Blake gulped as the orb grew larger in size as it neared him. He was definitely scared. In fact, if Abyss Arceus had the power to send Lugia, a Pokemon that was pratically equal in terms of size and weight flying, Blake knew its power was something to fear.

Scarlet flames were unleashed from the left of the dark orb, pressing against the sphere which changed the direction of its course slightly. Blake could only stare as the orb passed right by him, exploding when it hit the wall behind. Typhlosion roared, making its presence evident to Blake who could see his Fire type partner barely managing to stand on its feet as it used the boosted strength of its special ability to press off Abyss Arceus' attack.

Blake stared at Typhlosion for a moment, seeing that there was no chance of his Pokemon being able to fight against an opponent like this. It was simply impossible. Taking out Typhlosion's Poke-ball, Blake returned it to the safety before finding someone standing beside him. It was Griffen, and it appeared as though he was taking the situation a lot worse then Blake.

He was crouched over, clinging onto Blake's ankles while trembling.

"Wha-What kind of Pokemon is that?" He asked nervously, staring up at Abyss Arceus who had roared again, deciding that it would take down Blake using a more direct attack. But before it could approach Blake, Lugia burst out of the dust it had created, charging toward Abyss Arceus to engage it in battle.

"These…there are Legendary Pokemon…" Blake himself couldn't believe that all of this was actually happening. The battle in Slateport was quite a strange anomaly to Blake, but he refused to believe that it was somehow connected to all of this Crest stuff. But now that he was staring Abyss Arceus and Lugia fighting each other in the middle of the Mt Corenet Battle Dome, it was clear to Blake that all the people he had previously thought were mentally ill were actually speaking the truth. "Come on, we have to get out of here!"

Blake threw Salamence's Poke-ball into the air, releasing the Dragon Pokemon who he quickly climbed onto, offering Griffen a ride as well. He accepted without a second thought, but as they took off, Griffen hastily returned his unconscious Magmortar to its Poke-ball as they rose up over the battlefield before looking down at the enormous Pokemon down on the battlefield. Blake joined Griffen in observing the battle, noticing that Lana was on the head of Lugia.

Now he regretted not assisting the girl when she asked for his help. But she had a Legendary Pokemon with her, so hopefully she would be able to stop Abyss Arceus.

Lugia lunged at its opponent with an angry roar before it attempted to clap Abyss Arceus with its wings. But the Abyss Legendary possessed more agility then Lana had planned for when it easily evaded the attack before striking Lugia from the side which sent it skidding away on its side. Blake looked down at Abyss Arceus, wondering how such a large Pokemon could move so fast. Then it suddenly looked up toward him, making eye contact with him.

Abyss Arceus charged up another dark sphere in front of it again, but black lightning bolts were crackling around this one as it fired it up at Salamence.

"Ryuu, move!" Blake shouted, hoping they would escape the path of the attack in time. The Dragon Pokemon swerved off to its right under Blake's command, but even with its reaction to the oncoming attack, Salamence couldn't completely avoid the attack.

Salamence roared as its left wing was clipped by the attack, disabling it with that slight touch. They avoided a direct hit, but Salamence's ability of flight was gone. The Dragon Pokemon thrashed about wildly in the air, trying to balance itself off with one wing but to no avail. The terrified Griffen firmly held onto Salamence for dear life, but Blake was thrown off of his Pokemon with its sudden movements.

Abyss Arceus spotted Blake who was falling, rushing off in a straight dash to finish off the boy while he was completely open. Sander smiled as he saw Abyss Arceus' helpless target. This was going a lot faster and easier than he thought it would.

"Lugia, use Pyschic on Blake!" Lana called out suddenly. Blake's fall came to an immediate halt, a blue outline holding him up in midair as Abyss Arceus closed in on him. All he could do was shut his eyes and brace himself for death.

Blake could hear a frustrated cry from Abyss Arceus before he opened his eyes, finding that he was flying away from the Abyss Legendary.

"Gotcha." Lana said as she caught Blake, falling down when his full weight hit her body. Blake could only stare at the girl in amazement at how she could remain so calm despite their current situation. "Thanks Lugia."

"I'm glad to be of service." A calm soothing female voice replied that Blake assumed was Lugia.

"Blake, you have to leave. Now." Lana said as she rose to her feet, taking her place at the front of Lugia's head.

"But, how are you going to stop that thing?" Blake asked, looking toward Abyss Arceus who was glaring at them.

"I know how to stop it. All you have to do now is leave." Lana replied as she raised her right arm, revealing her glowing Crest. It was already at level three, but Lana had no intention of trying to battle Abyss Arceus using power.

Closing her hand into a tight fist, Lana's arm began to tremble as the silver color her right arm had been covered in began to morph into multiple shapes going down the center of her arm. The silver became the shape of an old alphabet that Blake couldn't decipher, but he could tell that this had to be the next level of the Crest. The level Jim and Marilyn had warned him about privately.

"Lana, are you sure you're willing to make that sacrifice?" Lugia asked the girl, receiving a nod from the brunette.

"If its to protect Blake, than I'm willing to go this far." Lana replied.

"Alright then, I'm going to trust your decision Lana."

"Thank you Lugia. Now put Blake somewhere safe with Psychic before I begin the sealing." Lana said, getting a nod from the Legendary Pokemon before Blake was lifted into the air again by an invisible force.

Quickly but carefully, Blake was moved the stands where he could watch Lana's plan from a safe distance. But it appeared as though neither of them were ready for Abyss Arceus to try and rush past them, still targeting Blake.

"Lugia!" Lana shouted as the Diving Pokemon lashed out with its tail at Abyss Arceus, catching the Black Centaur Pokemon off guard. Abyss Arceus screeched at Lugia as it stumbled away, but before it could lunge in for another attack, Lugia jumped on top of it, slapping it down to the ground with both its wings this time.

Lugia roared down at Abyss Arceus, using all its body weight to keep the Abyss Legendary down in the ground as Lana finished raising her Crest to level four. Lana glanced over her shoulder, taking a look at Blake who was looking on intently. The two of them made eye contact, and Blake was sure that he could see a tear escape through the corner of Lana's eyes before she returned her gaze to Abyss Arceus.

Lana threw herself down at Abyss Arceus's head, landing front of Sander who instantly took notice of her Crest.

"Tch." Sander muttered. Lana's Crest was at level four, and he knew what the girl was planning to do. But it was too late to try and interfere right now. In fact, he couldn't afford to be caught in the sealing process.

Lana slapped her hand down on the head of Abyss Arceus, releasing a flash of blue light before the ancient text that was on her arm exploded outward in all directions. Sander hastily raised his Crest to level three to open a small portal to the Reverse World. He only had a few seconds to escape, and ever second counted.

Leaping into the portal, Sander disappeared from the battlefield, leaving Abyss Arceus to be caught by Lana. The text rose high into to the air before swerving downward, circling around Abyss Arceus, Lana and Lugia before tightening up around the group.

"Lana!" Blake called out to the girl as the group of three rose a few feet above the ground. Then they dematerialized from top to bottom, creating a dazzling light. The process took several minutes, but when it was complete, the stadium became dark again.

The chaos and havoc didn't stop even after the battlefield was cleared of any Legendary Pokemon. Everyone continued to flee the stadium, rushing to the exits.

On the field, Blake could see where Salamence had landed, Griffen still hanging onto his Pokemon. In the span of the last ten minutes, Blake had seen two Legendary Pokemon appear out of no where, and now he really didn't know what to expect if he stayed in the area.

"Griffen!" He shouted as he leaped over the wall, dropping down to the battlefield. Once he was on both his feet, Blake rushed over to his downed Pokemon, finding that it was writhing in pain. It's usually red left wing was now a dark purple, this odd coloring beginning to spread out onto the rest of Salamence's body. "What is this?"

Blake closed his eyes for a moment while placing a hand on Salamence's body, Synchronizing with the Dragon Pokemon. When their mindscapes became one, Blake felt a feeling of dread wash over him as he saw Salamence's form resting on its side, a dark aura surrounding it.

'Ryuu?' Blake called out to the Pokemon, but two glowing red eyes snapped open above the plain Blake and Salamence were on followed by the same cry Abyss Arceus had been giving off during the short battle.

The Synchronism broke, and Blake was ejected from Salamence's mindscape. In reality, Blake was resting on his bottom with Griffen beside him trying to snap him out of the daze he had been in.

"Blake!" Griffen shouted at him, causing Blake to stir. "We have to get out here!"

Blake blinked several times before Griffen's last sentence registered in his mind.

"Right." Blake said, giving him a nod before the two of them noticed Salamence beginning to groan. The Dragon Pokemon slowly got back up onto its feet, looking toward Blake and Griffen. It was plainly obvious to the two trainers that something was wrong with Salamence considering color differences its skin had to a normal Salamence, but the piercing red eyes that were glaring at them was a dead give away that it was going to attack.

Salamence roared at the two of them before its claws became coated in purple flames that extended an extra few inches for it to use Dragon Claw. Griffen and Blake hastily scrambled out of the way, shocked that Salamence had actually tried to attack them.

'Whatever is going on here…this is getting really out of control.' Blake mumbled to himself as he jumped back to his feet, taking out Salamence's Poke-ball. "Ryuu, return!"

Salamence leapt out of the path of the red beam before firing a wave of flames toward Blake, an attack that Blake couldn't escape with ease. Snatching another Poke-ball from his waist, Blake released Poliwrath just in the nick of time to save himself from being engulfed in flames for the second time in one day. Blake was quick to Synchronize with Poliwrath after the Flame Thrower pasted.

'Hydro Pump!' Blake called out as he moved out from behind Poliwrath, planning to return Salamence to its Poke-ball while it was under the heavy water pressure from Hydro Pump. Unfortunately, even though it seemed to be far more violent than it normally was, Salamence still battled as though it were under Blake's command.

"Raa!" It shouted as it leaped into the air to escape the powerful jet of water. All of Salamence's sense had been pushed to the max, and it could clearly sense Blake and Poliwrath's plans to capture it. Poliwrath didn't stop though, launching multiple Hydro Pumps up at Salamence under Blake's command. Giving the Water type Pokemon the place it should aim, Poliwrath successfully cut of Salamence's path which brought Dragon Pokemon to a sudden halt in mid air.

Blake raised its Poke-ball, firing the red light at Salamence which caught the Pokemon on its body. Salamence gave a violent roar before it became a red light that was pulled back into the Poke-ball. Blake gave a sigh of relief as he looked down at the Poke-ball, pleased that he had gotten back Salamence.

"Thanks Poliwrath." Blake said, giving his Water type Pokemon a nod. "Let's go!"

"Over here Blake!" A voice called out to him. Looking to his left, Blake saw Griffen waving him near the east entrance of the arena. "Quick!"

There was a lot of screaming coming from that corridor, so Blake could only assume that even more chaos had to be taking place in that area. Blake quickly ran over to Griffen, joining him at the entrance where he found Griffen's Cacturne in the corridor struggling in a battle against a Slowbro.

It wasn't just a Slowbro, Blake could see numerous oddly colored Psychic type Pokemon in the hallways slaughtering the fans. Blake was mortified at the sight. A Pokemon attacking and killing a human was something he never thought would happen. But now all Blake could think about was doing his best to protect all the people that were trying to escape.

Calling out Absol from its Poke-ball, Blake Synchronized with it as well as Poliwrath like he had in SlateportCity since his Crest was open, deciding that he would double team each of the Psychic type Pokemon. Poliwrath would distract them and then Absol would go in for the finish.

"Griffen, back up my Absol." Blake said to the teen beside him who was incredibly impressed with Blake.

'He can Synchronize with more than one Pokemon…so he was stronger than me from the beginning.' Griffen concluded before giving Blake a nod. It was clear to him that while Blake did struggle during their match, but he was destined to reach the World stage. 'Cacturne, use Faint Attack on that Slowbro!'

'Absol, finish it with Shadow Claw!' Blake commanded to the Disaster Pokemon that lunged into the fray in the hallway followed by Cacturne and Poliwrath.

The moment Blake and Griffen intercepted the Psychic Pokemon in the corridor, the fans began to retreat in the opposite direction, leaving the two trainers to fend for themselves. It was a group of seven Psychic type Pokemon, and the team managed to defeat all seven, but not without Absol and Cacturne gaining an odd coloring during the battle. The Synchronism between Blake and Absol, and Griffen and Cacturne was broken, telling the trainers that something was wrong with their Pokemon.

Blake and Griffen were quick to return the two Pokemon after seeing what happened to Salamence before finishing off the remaining oddly colored Pokemon. The two trainers were shocked at how powerful these Pokemon were. They were recognized IBF level trainers yet these Pokemon were giving them an epic run for their money during each and every battle.

But at the same time they could tell that these Pokemon weren't trained, they were acting on a wild instinct, and that was far more dangerous than Blake and Griffen's well trained Pokemon.

"Come on, we have to get out of here!" Griffen said to Blake. Blake could hear the quivers in his voice, but he could blame Griffen for being scared. After all, Blake was on edge too.

Fans were freely running out of the Mt Corenet Battle Dome, heading toward the elevators that had been built in the mountain that would taken them down to base of the mountain where the hotels and parking lots were located. Waiting for the elevators was the biggest hassle, and people were fighting to get in and out of the elevators. Some were even trampled by the crowds.

But in the huge mess, Blake ran into two people he hadn't seen in months. Simply because he knew the two of them he was going to invite them to come along with him and Griffen. Then he caught sight of their glowing wrists, and Blake could only mumble to himself that practically everyone he knew was involved in this whole fiasco.

"Follow me!" Blake shouted, grabbing Mari and Robbie by their wrists before tugging them out of the sea of people.

The two teens that were same age as Blake followed him, wondering where he was going to take them since he was going in the opposite direction of the crowd. Blake and Griffen led the duo of A-Class trainers to the entrance of the Mt Corenet Battle Dome they had used to enter.

Getting to the exit was no easy task going against the flew of the crowd, but once they made it to the exit, it was an easy escape. They were on a flat platform that led out to a cliff where a group of people were apparently waiting for them. It was Grace, Matt, Roy and two people Blake didn't recognize, but he could see their glowing wrists so he could come to the obvious conclusion.

"Grace." Blake said sharply, moving over to the girl. Dropping both his hands down on her shoulders, he gave her a hard stare which frightened the girl. "What happened to Lana?"

"Lana…she sealed herself away…" Grace trailed off.

"What do you mean?"

"To stop Abyss Arceus, she used the seal that comes with every Crest to lock away Abyss Arceus, at the price of sealing herself away with it." Grace explained, feeling Blake's grip on her shoulders loosen up as she finished speaking.

"Where?" He asked softly.

"What?" Grace asked in return.

"Where did she seal away Abyss Arceus?"

"I…don't know."

Blake's hands slid off her shoulders as he looked down at his feet angrily. Grace bent over a bit to get a look at Blake's face, but he moved over to the edge of the cliff, closing his hands into tight fists.

"Damn it!" Blake roared loudly. Not only had the girl sacrificed herself for him because of his ignorance, now his Pokemon and all of these Pokemon were suffering because of it as well. And now he was sure that all of this could've been avoided. This was all his fault for not acting while they had the chance.

Blake punched himself in the face, trying to think of a suitable punishment for everything that had happened so far. The group gasped when he did this, but when he raised his fist again Blake found a hand holding it back.

"Chill out Blake." It was Matt. "I'm sure we can fix this if we take some time to think about it."

Blake roughly pulled his arm free of Matt's grip, angered by how calm the boy was despite the situation at hand.

"No, you don't understand at all Matt!" Blake snapped at him. "If I had just went and helped her instead of focusing on the IBF Tourney, we could've stopped this and avoided this entire problem!"

"Blake, even if you did help Lana; there's no guarantee that your would've been able to stop this." Grace yelled at him, silencing Blake before he could go on. Grace approached Blake, surprised with just how much emotion he was showing this whole situation. There was too much stress piling up on Blake in a short period of time, and he wasn't handling it too well.

But his conclusion to place all of this on his own shoulders was pushing him over the edge. Grace enveloped him in a hug, pulling him downward to comfort him in his first time of need since she had met him back in Violet City. The group heard him sniffle twice as he tears ran down his cheeks, Blake was still angry. Angry at himself.

"Come on guys, we have to leave while we still have the chance." Roy said to the group, getting a nod from others who called out whatever Flying Pokemon they possessed.

All together, the group had a Pidgeot from Robbie, an Altaria from Mari, a Charizard from Roy, a Gliscor from Victor and a Yanmega from Griffen. Fortunately, this was enough Pokemon to get the entire group off without a struggle for space.

The trainers were quick to climb onto their Pokemon before taking flight, setting their next destination to be Eterna City. The skies were dark as they flew, seeming to span across the entire Sinnoh region, but the dark clouds only seemed to match Blake's mood.

Grace's hug had stopped him from breaking down in front of the group completely, only shedding a few tears in Lana's behalf. But after the girl's sacrifice for him, Blake decided that he now had a new goal at the very top of his list. He was going to find Lana.

And BAM! We got the first chapter with the beginning of the Storm. All that build up to reach this point, but now it comes to a sudden halt with Lana sacrificing herself to seal Abyss Arceus away. But even with Sander's plot being thwarted, two more Commissioners are still out there with their own sinister plots.

So what do you think after the first chapter of the Storm? I'm warning now that things will get darker as time goes on, and if you thought this was pretty exiting, you'll be in for a good ride once the Storm really gets going.

If you have any questions, shoot, I'll try and answer them if you have some. And I'm sorry if I didn't answer any earlier questions, I'll get around to them in the morning if I can.

Unfortunately, this will probably be my last update for a while. Internet is getting cut, sorry guys. But I'll keep writing so that the moment it comes back I have an update ready and waiting for you guys! :D

Peace out!